Hero AI: Do some heroes act different?

There seems to be some debate about this, so I figured I'd bring it up for discussion.

Do some Heroes use the same skill bar better than others?

I've noticed Ogden seems to be much slower than Talkhora with the same skill bar. No reason why, I've just watched him use it, and he's slower with healing than Talkhora is. Consistantly.

I've seen Vekk run around and into combat more often than Sousuka, and I've found Olias seems to be a better minion master and not as good with Spitefull Spirit as some of the other necros.

Anyone else have similar experiences?

Yeah, I've noticed that Dunkers suxx with the same build I give Tahlk, and she does just fine. Hell, Dunkers consistantly suxx so there could be something going on there.

the reason why they act differently is because all heros are set to certain attributes. Dunk is healing, Tahlk is prot, Ogden is divine. So they use the skills differently then the other heros would. Their AI's are set differently too. Thats why when i need a prot, i grab Tahlk, when I need an earth ele i grab Zhed, and so on. Just chekc their pre set skills and keep them to that attribute and you're good to go.

I can't say that i've noticed any difference - assuming you spec them with the same armour, attributes and weapons, they should run the same bar the same way. Give Olias a Searing Flames bar and he'll run it flawlessly. Take two Searing Flamers with the same att split, runes and skillbar, but give one a 40/40 set and the other an Hourglass staff and you'll see a difference. Give them the same weapons and they'll be in roughly the same state, depending on who got the agro.

I believe the effectiveness of a Hero's skillbar has more to do with the quality of that bar than their individual AI (if they have it). How they perform in battle likely depends more on who's being targeted - if Ogden's interrupted, he's wasting casts. If Tahlkora's being targeted, Ogden's going to get more skills cast off....and vise versa. At best there may be AI that prioritises which heroes cast which skills and when so both Heroes don't hit the same target at the same time, but even that's a stretch. That's assuming you take both. If only taking one put it down to your overall team build and the ebb and flow of battle.

If you believe Heroes are optimised to run some bars better than others, stick to the skill lines they're using when you pick them up. This doesn't really account for Hybrid bars like WoH Heal / Prot or N/Rt Channel / Resto, E/Rt Air / Channel...they understand how to use a skill (for those skills they can run), what triggers it, who to cast it on and when to cast it etc. That has little or nothing to do with whether they're specced as Heal / Prot / Divine when you first got them.

Yeah, but what about Vekk? No way in hell I'm letting him keep that split Water Magic/ Air Magic/ Divine Favor crap he's got when you get him. SH or bust.

I've seen no evidence to suggest that they do. Every account I've seen has been anectodal and far from rigorous.

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I think all NPC characters in game have the same AI, even though there are difrences between heroes of the same proffession: Razah, Vekk, Zhed and Pyre, unlike the human-raced heroes who share the proffeson, do not spread nor get disease to and from humans in game, though they will get from thier enemys who share thier race. Moreover, Zhed is more likely to get hit by EOF spells (such as Sh), than Vekk, due to his big size.

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